I absolutely love this idea. I have an old sweater already I want to turn into a scarf, and this seems perfect. One question though, once you make the pleats and sew the line down the middle, the scarf will then be that length, right? (you can stretch it out a little after you put the pleats in, in other words)? I'm totally new to sewing so this really helps me out. Thanks!

Whatever length the scarf is when you pin the pleats down will be its final length. But because you only sew a line through the middle, the ends of the pleats kind of flare out a bit (you can kinda see this in the pictures)Maybe if you sewed elastic in instead it could be stretchy!

So very cute! I followed the link from Craftster. Thanks for sharing your tutorial. I will definitely make this. I can't believe this was one of your first sewing projects. You did a great job!I am just starting out my blog too. I'll link to you!Kathleensewing-green.blogspot.com